# Concussions at Pratt & Whitney
> OSHA SIR `2018010098` · 1/4/2018 · MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Pratt & Whitney
- **Location:** 1 Aircraft Road, MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT, 06457
- **NAICS:** 336413
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing test equipment on an engine and climbed a 6-step ladder to remove the electrical connectors. As the employee was reaching to disconnect the electrical connector, the ladder pushed outward from underneath the employee. The employee then fell 5 feet from the top step and suffered a contusion, concussion, and chest abrasion.

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